Reviews of OEM Volkswagen fog lights

I can confirm that the fog lights on my 2021 SEL P R-Line Arteon work great. I was driving from Seattle to Portland and passed through several areas of dense fog. The fog lights did a good job of lighting the road near and to the (front) sides of the car.

The LED lights work way better than any fog lights I've owned. It really does illuminate the side of the road and fills the gap between the front of your hood and where the standard lights start.

I've owned my SEL premium for about 1.5 months and feel the headlights are fine after being adjusted. The stock fog light aren't that great but can easily be replaced.

So I initially enabled the all weather light, city light, and rain light modes. I use my fog lights most of the time and didn't really like how the beam pattern changed when having them on, so I disabled the all weather mode. It is very hard to notice a change with city mode enabled, but if you come to a stop or accelerate from a stop you'll notice the beam pattern change slightly.

I also wanted a set of foglights - again, had them in the Sonata but not here. In another stroke of luck, DBVeeDB (check out his build, it's aces) had moved on to projector fogs and sold me his stockers.

Order the OEM Fog Lights, Fog Trim Grilles and VW OEM retro fit harness from Paul at Deutsche Auto Parts. Retro fit kit allows you to hook up the OEM without running through the CECM if you don't want to upgrade with computer. You will not be able to have the fogs run as cornering lights unless you replace the CECM however. I did not want the cornering anyway since I run my fogs all the time regardless. I highly suggest getting all OEM parts for the fog retro fit instead of cheaper options. I had to replace the first retro fit fog harness I bought because it crapped out on me in under two weeks. Go OEM parts and do it right and do it once.

So after I lost both ballast on my 04 v8 I decided to run my drl's through the fog lights, with ballasts and 8k hids.now when the car is running, headlights are off,so far so good,and of course when the sun sets, my headlights come on, quite abit of light from four hids

The smoked Mk III fogs are one of the best looking fog lights of the era.

Though Mk3 turns/fogs tend to break often and fall out. My ex gf had a Mk3 and we had to replace the lights a few times. Its a pretty crappy design.

I find driving with my fog lights on in my Mk3 helps with the light output, especially in the darker roads with less/no street lamps.